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double edged sword
reductions in taxation are a double edged sword when used as a device to create jobs
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Action having both positive and negative effect
reductions in taxation are _______ when used as a device to create jobs
amendments
What amendments will I need to add to the agreement?
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Correction
What _______ will I need to add to the agreement?
Be ruled by
If you're wise you'll be ruled by your father
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to take the advice of someone
If you're wise you'll _______ your father
broadly
People broadly agree that government should do at least this much.
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In general follow
People _______ agree that government should do at least this much.
by no means
He was by no means inactive
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Not at all
He was_______ inactive
carried out
His plans were only partially carried out
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Conduct / perform
His plans were only partially _______
certainty
Nothing is known with certainty as to the date
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Predictable result
Nothing is known with _______ as to the date
devote
They devote all of their time and energy to it.
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Allocate
They _______ all of their time and energy to it.
distant
He was distant again.
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Faraway
He was _______ again.
exploitation
It was an exploitation of the patented invention.
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abuse of
It was an _______ of the patented invention.
expose
She found herself tilting her head to expose her neck.
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Reveal
She found herself tilting her head to _______ her neck.
in accordance with
Proceed in accordance with the general plan
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In agreement with
Proceed _______ the general plan
In plain terms
I expect from you an answer in plain terms according to your deliberate judgment
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simple explanation
I expect from you an answer _______ according to your deliberate judgment
indicate
He raised his chin to indicate the table to her left.
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Point out, show
He raised his chin to _______ the table to her left.
inevitably
In fact, every attempt to make it do so must inevitably fail.
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Certain to happen
In fact, every attempt to make it do so must _______ fail.
make or break
Confidence is another factor that will make or break a pickup line
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Be the factor that decides
Confidence is another factor that will _______ a pickup line
marginally
Because you'll be applying smaller sized tiles, the job will take marginally longer.
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Slightly
Because you'll be applying smaller sized tiles, the job will take _______ longer.
overcommit budget
they could easily overcommit their budgets
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Allocate more than provided
they could easily _______ their budgets
overreach with
Don't overreach, keep proper financial balance at all times
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try to do more than we can
Don't _______, keep proper financial balance at all times
oversee the creation
I oversee their creation then seal them to assure the best quality
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Supervise
I _______ their creation then seal them to assure the best quality
prone
Farmed fish are prone to disease
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Likely to get / vulnerable
Farmed fish are _______ to disease
starved of
Those children have been starved of attention.
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not given enough of
Those children have been _______ attention.
stay afloat
The team has stayed afloat, despite injuries.
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to remain successful or keep doing well
The team has _______, despite injuries.
take action to stem
We must take action to stem the tide of resignations
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to stop something unwanted from spreading or increasing
We must take action to ______ the tide of resignations
Taken all together
Taken all together, it looks like a pattern
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to sum up
______, it looks like a pattern
trapped in
You say she's trapped in that book.
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ambush / absorbing
You say she's ______ that book.

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